The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Detroit man convicted of kidnap and sexual assault after judges ruled that the trial court judge abused his discretion by not allowing lawyers before the start of the trial to question and exclude certain jurors. In a 4-3 opinion released Friday, Justice Richard Bernstein wrote that in not allowing peremptory challenges ― a process in which the prosecutor and defense in a trial are allowed to exclude potential jurors without providing a reason, a practice designed to allow both parties to minimize potential bias ― trial court Judge Dalto...
